Supraspinal fatigue impedes recovery from a low-intensity sustained contraction in old adults

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 849-858

  Yoon, Tejin ^a   Schlinder Delap, Bonnie ^a   Keller, Manda L ^a   Hunter, Sandra K ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Central fatigue; Elbow flexor muscles; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859592428     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00799.2011     Document Type: Article

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